[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 647 Laid on Table in House (LTH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 647

           Raising a question of the privileges of the House.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 2019

  Mr. Biggs submitted the following resolution; which was laid on the 
                                 table

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                               RESOLUTION


 
           Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Whereas President Trump released the transcript of a call between him and the 
        President of Ukraine;
Whereas President Trump subsequently released the whistleblower complaint of 
        August 12, 2019;
Whereas, in a September 26, 2019, hearing on the whistleblower complaint, House 
        Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff purported to relay the 
        content of the phone call to the American people;
Whereas, instead of quoting directly from the available transcript, Chairman 
        Schiff manufactured a false retelling of the conversation between 
        President Trump and President Zelensky;
Whereas this egregiously false and fabricated retelling had no relationship to 
        the call itself;
Whereas these actions of Chairman Schiff misled the American people, bring 
        disrepute upon the House of Representatives, and make a mockery of the 
        impeachment process, one of this chamber's most solemn constitutional 
        duties;
Whereas, for more than 2 years, Chairman Schiff has spread false accusations 
        that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia;
Whereas, on March 20, 2017, then-Ranking Member Schiff read out false 
        allegations from the Steele dossier accusing numerous Trump associates 
        of colluding with Russia;
Whereas then-Ranking Member Schiff falsely claimed in a March 2017 interview to 
        have ``more than circumstantial evidence'' of collusion with Russia;
Whereas then-Ranking Member Schiff negotiated with Russian comedians whom he 
        believed to be Ukrainian officials to obtain materials to damage the 
        President of the United States politically;
Whereas, according to a New York Times article on October 2, 2019, Chairman 
        Schiff's committee staff met with the whistleblower prior to the filing 
        of his complaint, and staff members communicated the content of the 
        complaint to Chairman Schiff;
Whereas Chairman Schiff concealed his dealings with the whistleblower from the 
        rest of the Intelligence Committee, and when asked directly in a 
        television interview whether he had any contact with the whistleblower, 
        he lied to the American people and said, ``We have not spoken directly 
        with the whistleblower.'';
Whereas members of the Intelligence Committee have lost faith in his objectivity 
        and capabilities as Chairman, with every Republican member on the 
        Committee having signed a letter calling for his immediate resignation 
        as Chairman; and
Whereas Chairman Schiff has hindered the ability of the Intelligence Committee 
        to fulfill its oversight responsibilities of the Intelligence Community, 
        an indispensable pillar of our national security: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the House of Representatives censures and condemns 
        Representative Adam Schiff for conduct that misleads the 
        American people in a way that is not befitting an elected 
        Member of the House of Representatives;
            (2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith present 
        himself in the well of the House for the pronouncement of 
        censure; and
            (3) Representative Adam Schiff will be censured with the 
        public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.
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